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Cork Screw.

No. 242,602. v Patented June 7,1881.

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NHE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

W. ROCKWELL OLOUGH, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CORKSCREW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,602, dated. June 7, 1881.

Application filed March 25, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, W. ROCKWELL GLOUGH, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Corkscrews, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings.

The invention is embodied in a corkscrew, being an improvement on the class of corkscrews patented to me on the 6th day ofApril, 1875 Heretofore in the manufacture of corkscrews of this order a single piece of round wire has been bent so that one end forms the screw and the other the handle, the extremity of the upper end being wrapped around the screw or shank at the base ofthe handle, whereby a stop is formed and the handle strengthened. The form of the handle has been varied, but the preferred construction is in the contour of a ring.

These corkscrews have usuall been em )10 ed y I .Y

in small bottles and vials, and it has been found to be advantageous and desirable to construct them of lightwire. The corkscrew thus formed, while answering admirably the many purposes for which it was constructed, is objectionable in that the handle being made of light wire, and generally only large enough to receive one finger, cuts or bruises the flesh, especially when the cork flts tightly in the mouth of the bottle. To remedy this objection, without departing from the general form of the article, is the object of my invention, which will be readily understood from the detailed description, hereinafter presented, and the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a corkscrew embodying the invention and Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the line a w of Fig. 1.

A indicates the screw, B the handle, and D the stop, all of which will preferably be made of a single piece of wire. That portion of the wire which forms the upper part of the handle B is flattened, as shown at a, for the purpose (No model.)

of broadening the surface against which the finger presses, and to afford a space whereon,

if desired, the name of the contents of the botcorkscrew shown.

The flattened handle facilitates the withdrawal of the cork. It does not hurt the finger, and, when employed, lighter wire than it has heretofore been thought practicable to use for the purpose may be utilized in the construction of the article.

The flattening of the wire constituting the handle of the corkscrew may be effected in any convenient manner, either before or after the wire has been worked into the article.

lVhatIclairn as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A corkscrew formedof a single piece of wire, the handle of which is constructed of a piece of wire and flattened at the part with which the hand is brought in contact in the operation of extracting the cork, substantially as specified.

2. A corkscrew in which that part of the 'handle with which the hand-comes in contact in the operation of extracting the cork is con structed of flattened wire, substantially as set forth.

3. The corkscrew herein described, consisting of a single piece of wire twisted to form the screw, the stop, and the handle, that part of the handle against which pressure is applied in extracting the cork being flattened, sub stantially as set forth.

In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing improvement in corkscrews, articles of wire,&c., as above described, 1 have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of January, 1881.

W. ROCKWELL OLOUGH.

Witnesses:

CHAS. O. GILL, DAVID FAOKNER. 

